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Subject: Business and Management Book Title: Managing Financial Risks

Managing Financial Risks From Global to Local Clark, Gordon L. (Editor), Professor and Head of Department, Oxford University Centre for the Environment Dixon, Adam D. (Editor), Doctoral Candidate, Oxford University Centre for the Environment Monk, Ashby H. B. (Editor), Research Associate, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, and Post-Doctoral Fellow at Boston College's Centre for Retirement Research. Print publication date: 2009 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955743-1 doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557431.001.0001
Abstract: Recent market turmoil, bank runs, global equities sell-off, and the ‘credit crunch’ have demonstrated the sophisticated and interconnected nature of financial markets today — seemingly localized problems have quickly spread, putting at risk the solvency of both local and global financial institutions. As these markets are increasingly complex, interconnected, and embedded in the daily lives of individuals, there is a pressing need to unravel and understand the complexities and prospects of this new and transformative social, political, and geographical paradigm. This book brings together a group of scholars from a range of disciplines to formulate a more holistic understanding of financial risk by rooting it in different environments, spatial scales, and disciplines. Keywords: global finance, risk management, bank runs, credit crunch, financial risk Table of Contents Full Book Contents Preface Introduction Part I. Governing Global Financial Risk 1. The Changing Political Geography of Financial Crisis Management 2. Financial Governance in the Neo-liberal Era 3. Risk Management and Institutional Investors Part II. Place, Proximity, and Risk 4. The Practicalities of Being Inaccurate: Steps Toward the Social Geography of Financial Risk Management 5. Learning to Cope with Uncertainty: On the Spatial Distributions of Financial Innovation and Its Fallout 6. The Role of Proximity in Secondary Equity Markets Part III. Urban Risk 7. Infrastructure Investment and the Management of Risk 8. Balancing Risk and Return in Urban Investing 9. Managing Financial Risks in Urban Environments Part IV. Individuals in a Risk World 10. Managing Financial Risks: the Strange Case of Housing 11. Gender, Risk, and Occupational Pensions 12. Consumer Credit, Self-Discipline, and Risk Management Index

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557431.001.0001